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I was paralysed by pride
The Guardian 22.06.05
As more Britons move abroad it’s their children who are leading the way in breaking down the language barrier.
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Take girl. Add boy. Bring to boil
The Guardian 2.01.07
Dirty Dancing, the ultimate chick-flick, returns next month. In celebration, chick-lit novelist Emily Barr explains how to make the perfect chardonnay-and-chocolates movie. [more...]
India has changed – but so have I
The Observer 06.04.08
Eight years and three children after she first backpacked around India, Emily Barr visits Tamil Nadu to see if the country can still work its magic on her. [more...]
Why are children’s films so rubbish?
The Guardian 25.04.08
Children’s films used to be inspiring, adventurous, and made for kids – not their parents. How did they lose their innocence? [more...]
Raising of the Barr by Victoria Gallagher
Emily Barr interview taken from The Bookseller 23.01.09
Writing and travelling go hand in hand for a lucky few and Emily Barr is an author with a flair for both. “I used to write little books when I was a child and staple them together.” After seven successful novels, all of which mix her travel experiences with her storywriting skills, she has long since put the stapler away. [more...]
My mother is a vicar!
The Guardian, 01.11.08
Novelist Emily Barr was brought up as an agnostic and does not believe in God – but her mother was ordained by the Church this summer and religion is slowly seeping into family life [more...]
Travel bug meets need to explore and create
Western Morning News 28.03.09
WHEN Emily Barr came back from a year’s travelling around the world, she became a star of the emerging genre of travel-lit with her first novel Backpack. [more...]
Guest editor at lovereading.com for September
The India you want to read about
Sunday Read, Mumbai, 8.11.09
In her novel about adoption in India, Barr reveals that she understands our sub-continent perfectly. [more... ]
